ACS Meeting Aug 2023

While it is clear that the sharing of data is crucial to the advancement of science, varying maturity levels across sectors and technological and sociological blockers often stand in the way. The Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, a UK charity dedicated to the advancement of structural science, has gained much experience in this arena as it has curated and maintained a global, comprehensive collection of small molecule structural information since the 1960’s. Curlew Research, a partner of CCDC, has similarly developed broad insights though its large scale data sharing and FAIR Data projects across the Health and Life Sciences. In this paper we together examine data quality, interoperability and exchange challenges and opportunities faced in the structural sciences across the various diverse constituencies involved.